India bans Chinese telecom vendors- Huawei & ZTE Due to security concerns, the Indian government has banned telecom operators from buying Chinese-made equipment, including Huawei and ZTE. The ban order follows concerns raised by the Indian Home Ministry that telecom equipment from “certain” countries could contain spyware or malware. Similarly, the Government had earlier banned import of Chinese handsets without IMEI number. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “Proposals for procurement of equipment from Chinese original equipment manufacturing vendors have not been recommended due to security concerns,” the Department of Telecommunications(DoT) wrote this week in correspondence to the prime minister’s Office. “Therefore, the proposals f...